What you need to know about neck and face lifting (cervico-facial lifting)
It's the natural repositioning of muscles and adaptation of skin in the face and neck. The cervico-facial lift is most frequently performed to surgically correct aging from the temples to the jowls.
The aim of such an operation is not to change the shape and appearance of the face. On the contrary, the simple restoration of the various anatomical structures of the face and neck (skin, muscle, fat) enables the patient to regain the appearance he or she had a few years ago.
The aim of the operation is to treat sagging and slackening of the skin and muscles of the face (temples and eyebrows, cheeks, jowls, oval of the face) and neck.
Method
Loose muscles are corrected (re-tensioned), and the skin is then adapted, without excess, to the new curves. Thanks to this dual action, the result looks natural (the skin is not "pulled") and long-lasting (the muscular plane is solid). The post-operative period is generally straightforward, as the skin is not subjected to much trauma (limited tension and detachment). Liposuction can treat any excess fat.
Symmetrically, an emaciated face can be corrected by reinjecting fat from another part of the body.
The face and neck are truly restructured.
This procedure does not affect expression lines, crow's feet or perioral wrinkles.
Deep wrinkles are made less pronounced by the tension exerted on the skin. But they never disappear completely.
Similarly, the eyelids are not affected.
The incisions are mostly hidden in the hair (temples and nape of the neck) and around the ear, making the scars virtually invisible.
This procedure is generally requested after the age of forty, i.e. at the first signs of aging.
It can be carried out simultaneously with cosmetic eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty) or correction of forehead sagging and wrinkles (browlift). Certain therapies can also act as a complement (hyaluronic acid filler injection, laser, dermabrasion, botulinum toxin injection, peeling, etc.).
